The passwordless future comes into view

Netflix is adding residential IP addresses to its VPN blocklists

Enlarge / The privacy and access wars waged between consumers and content providers don’t seem likely to abate any time soon. (credit: metamorworks via Getty Images ) Netflix blocks known commercial VPNs and proxies from accessing its services in order to preserve its geofencing —partitioning access to content based on a user’s real-world location. Users […]

2024, the magical SPAC year

2024 will be a heck of a beautiful year for companies merging with SPACs…if the projections are believable. Read More

Can we use big batteries to power our trains?

Enlarge / An eastbound manifest freight swoops through an S curve in Lombard Canyon, just east of Toston, Montana, on September 11, 2011. The tracks here snake along the Missouri River between Toston and Lombard. (credit: Mike Danneman / Getty Images ) With the rapid pace of development in electric vehicles, we will likely get […]